Tabletop Simulator - Indonesia (DLC)

This DLC suits players who enjoy slow, thoughtful economic games where every decision pays off a few turns later. You will build production and shipping companies, watch cities grow, and work out who should carry rubber, rice or oil. The mood is calm, but you will need to keep counting. What to expect: - The first hours go to finding a profitable combo: which factory to open and which route to run so you don't lose money on shipping. - It plays best around a table with friends, and things get interesting once someone starts buying up rival companies. - Unlike other economic board games, you decide when merging with a competitor pays off and when it is better to wait. - Research opens new shipping options, so no two games tend to play out the same way. After payment, you receive a Steam gift: the bot adds you as a friend using your quick invite link and sends the game to your account. The game requires the base Tabletop Simulator on the same account, so make sure you own it. Only the host needs to own this DLC 2-5 Players | Ages 12 & Up 180-240 Minutes About Indonesia Judging by the smirk on the face of the Sultan of Solo, the businessman from North Sumatra has just made a mistake. And a costly one at that, too. He has paid way too much for merging his rubber company with the Sultan’s extensive rubber plantations: there are no ships in the area to transport the rubber to the booming cities of Java. And the Sultan is now dripping in cash - he can bribe city authorities so that his ships will gain preferential access to those ports where they are competing. Or he might invest in building an oil imperium. But wait - what’s that young fellow over there up to? Buying all the shipping lines? That might change the outlook … considerably, in fact … let’s see… Indonesia is a game in which two to five players build up an economy, trying to acquire the most money. Players acquire production companies, which produce goods (rice, spices, microwaveable meals, rubber, and oil), and shipping companies, which deliver goods to cities. As cities receive goods, they grow, increasing their demands. Production companies earn money for each good delivered to a city, up to the city's capacity, but they must pay shipping companies for the distance traveled, even if they end up losing money. Players can research advantages, like greater shipping capacity or the ability to merge companies, possibly stealing ownership of lucrative plantations or shipping routes by buying out other players. Players keep their money hidden, trying to accumulate the most by the end of the third era. When only one type of a company is left, an era ends. New eras bring new cities, companies, and types of goods. At the end of the third era, the player with the most money wins. However, money earned from the last round of operations (selling/shipping goods) counts double, so it can be important to control the timing. This is the 2016 reprint